important tools for software crafters and system administrator

# notes about MSYS2 MINGW64 (for Windows)

#PACMAN is the PACkage MANager

# full upgrade
pacman -Syu # repeat until "there is nothing to do" (refer to following lines)

:: Starting core system upgrade...
    there is nothing to do
:: Starting full system upgrade...
    there is nothing to do

#NOTE: install with "pacman -S {full package name}"
#NOTE: search with "pacman -Ss {text or regexp, partial name query}"
# or file search with "pacman -F {contained file query}"

# mixed tools, maybe "git" also to add
diffutils # "diff" tool
openssh rsync # remote shell and remote sync

# compile and debug C and C++, with libraries
mingw-w64-x86_64-pkgconf # NOT: pkg-config (its' replaced by this, pkgconf)
mingw-w64-x86_64-gcc # gcc g++ compilers for C and C++ respectively
mingw-w64-x86_64-gdb # DeBugger to understand program working to be able to shape it

# libsdl (C library, so both C and C++ uses)
mingw-w64-x86_64-SDL2 mingw-w64-x86_64-SDL2_image mingw-w64-x86_64-SDL2_ttf

# luajit, Lua language JIT implementation (its FFI can use C libraries such as libsdl and opengl)
mingw-w64-x86_64-luajit

# Graphic UI, data-structures, networking (abstraction from OSes)
# gtk, C suite of libraries also to have glib (C library, many uses, and portable like gtk)
mingw-w64-x86_64-gtk4

# https://www.gtk.org/docs/getting-started/hello-world/
# pacman -S mingw-w64-x86_64-pkgconf mingw-w64-x86_64-gtk4 mingw-w64-x86_64-gcc
# gcc gtk-main.c $(pkgconf --cflags --libs gtk4) && ./a.*